text in response:
3-week residency at mooramong homestead x blindside may 2022
I
Tentatively conscious ,
the rest is drawn out for me
I see an ambient sun
that tilts his head
to a noise emitted
when close is close enough
Tenatatively conscious
the reel is wound back to rust
the figs are still ripe here
guided by suburban lorikeets, we roost at the same treetop
singing flat notes on new mattresses
I suck and pull at the innards
discarding the flesh
it’s a waste of fruit but they taste sweeter this way
I wake when the corner of the room clears its throat
hardened skin composes friction
a single cough is smothered by
the pile of rotting fruit
II
‘The condition of the intervened body
Or the place where agency is corrosive’
Monitoring the miniscle temporality of living fluid things
moving up and down their own waterways
And theres so much water in the way (of these things)
III
q. where does sensitivity engage physically?
a. left shoulder blade, finger tips (pinkie and ring fingers always first), tone, direction, eyes
IIII
The language that your tongue inherited as the gestures of your belongings
the gesture as a spoken word can be heard without sound
IIIII
Air in tort division
the hitch is caught before it could be released
The body underneath is the body on top of me
Is the body I’ll dress with one hand
Is the other hand I’ll hold